pongy

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There are 16 lakes in the vicinity of Rotorua, all formed from the craters of extinct volcanoes; you can see threads of steam escaping from pools in parks, pathways and on the streets, and there is this horrid 'scent' of sulphur wafting through the geothermal hotspots - it really is pongy!

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  • If you've been fighting to rid the house of a variation of pongy smells - the likes of sweaty sports bags, stale cigarette smoke odours and not-so-pleasant pet odours - then she need look no further than No Vac!
  • Ant … … …. .the river gets a little pongy coz there is a bloody big dam upstream (Googong) that stops all environmental flows into the river. —  The RiotACT
  • When the river is not flowing the river water next to the weir has the least oxygen coz by the time it travels down the river it is biologically consumed and this creates the pongy smell around the weir and upstream from the weir. —  The RiotACT
  • With so many companies feverishly disassociating themselves from the bespectacled gaming stereotypes of yesteryear, it's nice to see a developer rifling through that pongy adolescent period in the name of fun. —  Kikizo.com Video Games Website XML Feed
  • Daily Telegraph, "so it can get really pongy." —  Colorado Springs Independent
 

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